What is your most addictive game?

[tigerboyce]

ut2004, played it for agggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss

[steve threlfall]

I cant stop playing LOTR battle for middle earth 2. I used to be addicted to Roller Coaster Tycoon and Goldeneye. Many hours spent playing those.

[IBM]

you used to have to hop on to see how many ships youd built and how close your research was to completing and how far your fleet had to travel to get to the enemy/home. and how much base defenses youd manage to build and if it was up to the task of defending that fleet that was going to arrive in 8 hours. and if it wasnt youd have to message your friends to hell to get them to send some ships to help you. and after making all the adjustments and stuff it would be almost time for the next "turn" and youd have to do it all again.

was THE GAME when i was in college. good times!

Thank you for that scarily vivid flashback. The bit where you said 'it would be almost time for the next "turn" and you'd have to do it all again' made me feel a little bit sick.

Oh I forgot about any of the Final Fantasy games...plus Sword Of Vermillion, oh, and Phantasy Star 4 (?). Too much time wasted.

[DougMcDonald]

Footy man and WoW have me hooked at the moment

[ThePimPsTeR]

Counter Strike FTW ...... all versions to date.

Forgot how many hours/ disagreements have been inlfuenced by this.

[mycarsavw]

BF2 - never before have I wanted to leave work early for something unrelated to family life.

Internet Checkers is great too.

[0iD]

Tetris! omg, how much of my life wasted playing that Any Spyro or Crash Bandicoot game on the GBA.

Sould Calibur II, Pikmin & Super Monkey Ball on the GC.

on the PC
Darwinia
Call of Duy 2
Soldier of Fortune 2
FEAR
STALKER

[Captain Fizz]

Used to be www.ogame.org - Still playing but mining only. XD (50th in the Uni)

Now WoW.
Been since Christmas.

Not touched any other game... it's what pulled me away from OGame. :/

[DougMcDonald]

I think one of the main things about addictive games, are those which allow you develop in a tangible way.

Things like WoW give u levels, skills etc, things like Champ Man/Footy Man give you the trophies, players, etc etc, and things like the xbox live system introduce these 'progress/skill indicators' or 'kudos tokens!' to many others games.

The key is being able to compare with friends (or enemies!) things like, im a level 45 Dwarf, or my Aston villa team won the champions league twice in a row. As I say, things like xbox like allow friends to compete with each other indirectly via reward schemes, without the hassle (albeit not much hassle) to arrange to play together.

[Syd]

EVE Online, that was about 9 months but 30hrs + per week (and I work full time)

Then.

WoW for the last 2 years - ouch. 8hrs per week (I now work FT and have a house/fiance)


Overall most addictive game of all time for me has to be bubble bobble - mainly on the C64, then the amiga - PS1 - Gameboy Advance.

Hmmm what I could have done with all that time.........................

[Steve B]

bubble bobble was a game and a half, i had it for my atari!

[99Flake]

Sega Rally and NiGHTS on the Saturn. Lost months to Rally I expect.

Used to play Cannon Fodder on my A500 hours on end as well.

[Mutley]

Honestly don't have one. I think that's mainly due to having so many unfinished/unplayed at the moment, more than anything.

Man, I hear that. I have a pile of unfinished games. Every now and then, exersise some self-discipline and force myself to finish a game, but it doesn't tend to last.

At that moment, Day Of Defeat: Source still keeps my coming back, as does Battlefield 2.
However, I can't resist GTA: Vice City. Quick to start up, especially nice when you're running the Vice City Deluxe mod....run around, cause mayhem with the minigun for a while...passes the time.
Needless to say, I've not completed that game either!

[hse180]

Dawn of war Dark crusade at the mo

[mycarsavw]

Paging a Mod - can we get the thread title changed to your instead of yoru - for some reason the notification of a reply to "What is yoru most addictive game?" really really winds me up.

<leaves door wide open>

[Barrichello]

Day of Defeat:Source